[Time: 09:02 | Phase: Morning | Date: September 12, 2018]

The tablet chirps. Your answers populate the screen, white text bleeding into blue fields. For a moment, nothing happens. Then the interface shifts—a soft vertical scroll, like a curtain being drawn upward.

PHASE 0: COMPLETE.

Biometric data logged. Psychographic baseline established.

Proceeding to Phase I: Origin Assessment.

Note: Selections in this category determine your clearance tier, surveillance priority, and Vought asset classification. Choose carefully. Reclassification requires executive override.

PHASE I — ORIGIN

Select one:

1. Natural Born Supe: Born with abilities—no Compound V, no lab, no Vought leash. You shouldn't exist. Threat or opportunity. He can't stop thinking about which.
2. The New Supe: Recently introduced to The Seven or satellite team. Compound V product. He notices products.
3. The Civilian Encounter: No Vought connection. Met him by accident. He chose to remember you. That's worse.
4. The Handler: Assigned to manage, monitor, or support Homelander. You are in the blast radius.
5. The Lab Subject: Were in a Vought facility. Escaped or released. You don't fully understand what you are.

The cursor pulses. Waits.

[Time: 09:04 | Phase: Morning | Date: September 12, 2018]

The screen flickers. A new line appears under your selection:

ORIGIN: THE NEW SUPE Classification: Vought Asset (Compound V Recipient) Surveillance Priority: Moderate Note: Subject is a registered product. Homelander has been notified of intake.

Notified. The word sits there. You don't know what it means yet.

The interface scrolls forward.

PHASE I: COMPLETE.

Proceeding to Phase II: Background Assessment.

Note: This section determines your threat profile, psychological resilience index, and potential leverage vectors. Answer honestly. The system cross-references with existing data.

PHASE II — BACKGROUND

Select one:

1. Military Background: Trained, disciplined, dangerous. You don't intimidate easily.
2. Media/PR Expertise: You understand image, narrative, control. You see through masks. Useful and fatal.
3. Trauma Survivor: Something broke you before he could. Harder to crack, harder to heal.
4. Old Money/Political Connections: Leverage Vought wants. A chess piece who just learned the board exists.
5. Anonymous Nobody: No background, leverage, or agenda. Just a person. This unsettles him most.

The cursor pulses.

[Time: 09:06 | Phase: Morning | Date: September 12, 2018]

Your selection registers. A brief loading icon spins—two seconds, maybe three. Then:

BACKGROUND: TRAUMA SURVIVOR Psychological Resilience Index: Elevated Leverage Vectors: Minimal Flag: Prior trauma event on file. Details restricted.

Details restricted. That means someone above you decided what you're allowed to know about yourself.

The screen scrolls.

PHASE II: COMPLETE.

Proceeding to Phase III: Power System Assessment.

Step 1 — Select Power Tier.

Note: This determines your operational weight class. Be honest about what you are. The system will find out anyway.

PHASE III — POWER TIER

Select one:

1. Street-Level: Dangerous to humans. Supes shrug you off. He may find you amusing or beneath notice.
2. Mid-Tier: Hold your own against most supes—not The Seven. He notices. Curiosity with condescension.
3. Seven-Tier: His weight class. Immediate threat calculus. He watches you like a rival.
4. Homelander Tier: A set of powers equal to Homelander's own. He will know what you are the moment he sees you. There is no hiding. There is no negotiating. There is only the question of whether he sees a mirror or a challenger.
5. Variable: Fluctuating—terrifying to dormant. He can't categorize you. Irritates and fascinates.
6. None: Human. Fragile. He may be gentler—or much, much crueler.

The cursor waits. The room is still cold.

[Time: 09:08 | Phase: Morning | Date: September 12, 2018]

The tablet hums—barely audible, felt more than heard. The screen processes for longer this time. Cross-referencing. Correlating. Pulling from files you'll never see.

Then the display resolves. Five entries, each with a power name, a description, and a tier tag.

POWER TIER: MID-TIER Cross-referencing: Origin (New Supe) | Background (Trauma Survivor) | Traits (The Mirror, Faint Flame) | Flaw (Glass Jaw)

The following power profiles are compatible with your assessment data:

1. Pain Transference MID-TIER You absorb physical damage from others into your own body—and can redirect it as kinetic force. Your trauma made you a conduit. Your body is the weak point: one clean hit still drops you. The Faint Flame manifests as growing tolerance—you can channel more over time, but the Glass Jaw means your limits are hard walls, not soft ones.

2. Sensory Override MID-TIER You can amplify or suppress the five senses of anyone within line of sight. Subtle. Devastating in close range. The Mirror makes it personal—you learn what people fear sensing and weaponize it. Faint Flame means your range and intensity are growing. Glass Jaw: you're still human-grade fragile. A fast punch before you react ends the fight.

3. Kinetic Absorption MID-TIER You absorb kinetic energy from impacts—bullets, fists, falls—and store it for short-burst release. More energy stored means more devastating output, but Glass Jaw caps your reservoir: overflow doesn't just hurt, it breaks you. Faint Flame suggests your storage ceiling may rise over time. The Mirror means people tend not to notice they're being drained until it's too late.

4. Fear Aura MID-TIER You project a field of primal dread—goosebumps, tunnel vision, paralysis in the weak-willed. Trauma Survivor origin means you learned this from the inside out: you know fear, so you know how to give it. The Mirror amplifies it—people see their own worst moments reflected back. Faint Flame: the radius is growing. Glass Jaw: you have no physical defense. If someone pushes through the fear and hits you, it's over.

5. Psychometric Resonance MID-TIER You touch an object and read its emotional history—violence, grief, love, terror. Useless in combat. Devastating in intelligence work. The Mirror makes you a living confession booth: touch what they touched, see what they felt. Faint Flame suggests deeper layers may unlock over time—thoughts, intentions, maybe more. Glass Jaw: entirely human. No combat application. No protection. Just you, fragile, knowing things that could get you killed.

Select one to proceed. Type REROLL to generate a new list. Type FREEFORM to describe your own powers.

The cursor blinks. Five doors. One of them leads somewhere you can't come back from.

[Time: 09:10 | Phase: Morning | Date: September 12, 2018]

Your selection locks in. The screen processes—brief, clinical.

POWER PROFILE: SENSORY OVERRIDE Classification: Mid-Tier Type: Biological / Cognitive Range: Line of sight (current) Intensity: Moderate (current) Growth Metric: Faint Flame—untapped potential detected. Range and intensity may escalate with sustained use. Vulnerability: Glass Jaw—no physical augmentation. Human-grade durability confirmed. Application: Amplify or suppress any of the five senses in targets within line of sight. Subtle. Difficult to detect. Devastating at close range. Combat Viability: Low without preemptive action. High with preparation. Homelander Engagement Risk: Unknown. Sensory Override has not been tested against Tier-1 assets. Recommend avoidance until data exists.

Recommend avoidance until data exists. They don't know what it does to him. Neither do you.

The screen scrolls forward.

PHASE III: COMPLETE.

Proceeding to Phase IV: Traits & Flaws Assessment.

Note: Select up to two traits and up to two flaws. These define behavioral patterns the system will monitor and exploit.

PHASE IV — TRAITS

Select up to two:

1. The Spark: Inspire loyalty without trying. Dangerous near a narcissist.
2. The Survivor: Unnaturally high fear threshold.
3. The Mirror: Reflect people at themselves. They love it or destroy you for it.
4. Faint Flame: Untapped potential in everything.
5. Equal Weight (SPECIAL): Homelander's powers dampen near you. See classified addendum.

PHASE IV — FLAWS

Select up to two:

1. Compound V Dependency: Power fades without doses. Vought controls supply.
2. Glass Jaw: One hit puts you down. Powers don't protect the body.
3. Burned Out: Powers fading, not growing.
4. Target on Your Back: Someone powerful wants you gone.
5. Compound V Resonance (SPECIAL): Your Compound V signature registers to Homelander as familiar. See classified addendum.

The cursor blinks. Patient. The system has all day. You don't.

[Time: 09:13 | Phase: Morning | Date: September 12, 2018]

Your selections populate the screen. Two traits. One flaw. The system accepts them without comment—no approval, no disapproval. Just logging.

TRAITS LOGGED:

• The Mirror: Behavioral pattern flagged. Social risk index elevated.
• Faint Flame: Potential metric: unresolved. Monitor.

FLAW LOGGED:

• Glass Jaw: Physical vulnerability confirmed. Engagement protocols adjusted. No direct combat scenarios without escort.

No direct combat scenarios without escort. They've already decided what you can't do.

The interface shifts one final time.

PHASE IV: COMPLETE.

Proceeding to Phase V: Relationship Initialization.

Note: This section defines your current proximity to Homelander, Leader of The Seven. Selection determines opening parameters and initial surveillance posture.

PHASE V — STARTING RELATIONSHIP TO HOMELANDER

Select one:

1. New Acquisition: Vought placed you in his orbit. He's briefed. Already bored.
2. Professional Contact: You work near The Seven. He's seen you. You've noticed him noticing.
3. Chance Encounter: He doesn't know you exist. Until one moment. Eye contact. Neither of you forgot.
4. Adversary: Opposite sides of something. He finds that... interesting.

The cursor pulses. This is the last screen. After this, there's no more choosing. There's just the tower, and whoever's waiting in it.